Babylon 5 Reboot

[JunkMonkey]

Getting Crusade finished might be a better thing to do. There was obviously a bigger arc getting set up and for all its faults I was quite enjoying it when it got cancelled

 

[psikeyhackr]

How many people below the age of 30 have never seen the series, just heard the name? It could be good for newbies and piss off over 50s.

It could be much more successful today because the media environment is so different now. Screw all of us antiquated reactionaries!

 

[JunkMonkey]

How many people below the age of 30 have never seen the series, just heard the name? It could be good for newbies and piss off over 50s.

It could be much more successful today because the media environment is so different now. Screw all of us antiquated reactionaries!

As long as I get screwed by whoever is playing Ivanova I'm up for that!

 

[Glaysher]

It could be good for newbies and piss off over 50s.

I'm only 40.

 

[psikeyhackr]

I'm only 40.

Don't trust anyone over 30.

 

[GMCox]

I'm looking forward to this show. I hope it is good.

 

[ctg]

It is not same story, exactly.

Per JMS:

"[W]e will not be retelling the same story in the same way... There would be no fun and no surprises. Better to go the way of Westworld or Battlestar Galactica where you take the original elements that are evergreens and put them in a blender with a ton of new, challenging ideas, to create something fresh yet familiar. To those asking why not just do a continuation, for a network series like this, it can't be done because over half our cast are still stubbornly on the other side of the Rim.

New 'Babylon 5' Reboot Being Developed By Original Creator J. Michael Straczynski - Slashdot

Back in 2014 Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski answered questions from Slashdot's readers. And now this week, long-time Slashdot reader Jaegs writes: According to many sources and the Babylon 5 creator/writer/director/producer himself, J. Michael Straczynski (JMS), the CW — partly ow...

entertainment.slashdot.org

The last part refers to the recent passing of Mira Furlan (Delenn), as well as the untimely deaths of other primary cast members after the conclusion of the original run of the series: Richard Biggs (Dr. Franklin), Michael O'Hare (Jeffrey Sinclair), Jerry Doyle (Michael Garibaldi), Stephen Furst (Vir Cotto), Jeff Conway (Zack Allan), and Andreas Katsulas (G'Kar).

 

[BAYLOR]

It is not same story, exactly.

New 'Babylon 5' Reboot Being Developed By Original Creator J. Michael Straczynski - Slashdot

Back in 2014 Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski answered questions from Slashdot's readers. And now this week, long-time Slashdot reader Jaegs writes: According to many sources and the Babylon 5 creator/writer/director/producer himself, J. Michael Straczynski (JMS), the CW — partly ow...

entertainment.slashdot.org

Well, a different spin on the original might prove interesting.

 

[Brian G Turner]

JMS has posted a quick FAQ about this:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/57948595

TL;DR He only owns film rights to B5, and the movie reboot is just a script that hasn't even been given a production go ahead.